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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1916)
V, M. PORTLAND LIVE THESE ARE SOME STOCK MARKET GOOD GOOD LI E The supply ! a little off nnd the prima are firm for what Is offered. Steer. The high mnrkot thin year and for several yearn prevloiiH was touched lull' Thursday afternoon on $OM fairly good pulp-fed MM, $K II N Ing the price. Another bunch of hay feds lAhught the With price of $8.35; takg It altogether, the stoer market ended for the week fully 40 cents higher than two weeks ago. with quotations continuing steady. This morning several loads of pulp- I feds went at the high figure of $h II They were of very fair quality. The bulk sold Saturday at $6 25 .60, a week ago at $7.16 810, a month ago at $7.26 7.60, a year ago at $.767.00, 2 years ago at $7.60 8.00, 3 years ago at 7.00 7.90, and 4 years ago at $6.16 30 Hog. A good advance was made this morning on quality, the light receipts showing a high per cent of quality tuff Trading started on a fairly active basis nnd a $9 36 top was es tablished The hulk of sale was around the $9.25 mark. Nearly all eastern markets showed a recovery of strength since their decline of last week. No prime heavlea were weighed here this morning. Hulk sold Saturday at $9 10, a I week ago at $9 109.16, a month ago at $7.90 8.00, a year ago at $7.607.66, S yeara ago at 8.80 $.85, 8 years ago at $9 309 60. and 4 yeara ago at $7 10 7.20. Monday's Iteport Streets kept clean and In repair. Business houses and residences kept neatly painted Honds graded and no "duck ponds" allowed to form I'ront yards with concrete walk.. ' . nnd vacant spots needed nnd frequently mown. Hack yards so clean they compel admiration. School yards sanltnry and with ad equate playgrounds for children. Store windows wllh neat displays of goods and a spirit of thrift In evidence. churches well filled on Sundays. No street corner loafers and bums. A strong spirit of civic pride. Everybody hustling for himself and boosting for this town These are good signs push them along. EARLY CAPTURE OF VILLA NOTJXPECTEO Pershing Intimates Expedition in Mexican Territory May Continue for Months. I NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN IDAHO Important Occurrences Of The Past Week From Cities In Our Stats LAMB FEEDING FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS I 'I! HALF. A modern 6 room house, bath, pi ano, all furnished, two fine lots nnd good lawn. Trice $2200.00, terms Cheapest buy on the market. For sale 43 acres, all under ditch and In cultivation, 8 room house, 1 acre in bearing prune trees, 14 ac res In 7 year old apple trees, seeded to red clover between treea, balance In alfalfa nnd blue grass. Kvery acre tine land The biggest snap ever of fered In this valley. If you got the land for nothing you could not put the Improvements on for the price nsked. All under gravity ditch with paid up water right. Price $150 00 per acre, one half cash. For sale 10 ncre tract near city, all In cultivation, with house Price $200 00 per acre. It Inquire W II D little Columbus. N. M speedy tormina :ion of the American expedition Into Mexico Is mil kMked for by General .1 J. Pershing eonitnamlliip the forces in the Hold according ' advlt M re ceived here. It was snld that, follow ing a staff conference, (ieneral Penh Ing announced that the people of the Culled Stales should not place too much confidence In reports that Fran cisco Villa, whose command attacked this town several weeks ngo, had been bottled up. either by the American forces or by UoiieU troopa. The nature of the country in the vi clotty of Namlqulpa. where Villa Is supposed to be. It was pointed out, renders It difficult for any force to surround a small band In the moun tain passes and almost Imperceptible trails which offer means of escape. While It waa understood Oeneral Pershing does not attempt to predict the length of time American troops msy be In Mexican territory. It was Intimated that the period may extend Into months. Other reports also received from unofficial sources Indlcsti d American military authorities believed a suffl dent number of men of all arms of the service have been concentrated at La Ascenclmi, Ciissm (irnmles. Colonla Dublan and other American field points to meet the exigencies of any emergency that may arise Osnssse Show Change Dates. Genesee. The dates of the annual horse show have been changed and the show will now he held June It. If, 17. On account of the refusal of F E Lambert, who was elected to man age the show, to accept the reaponsl blllly. the president of the chamber of commerce appointed a board of nine dire! tors to handle the show. They re. Dr. J. D. Adams, chairman chsrlra Whalen. secretsry treasurer, O. K Tabor, W. D Woodward. Thomas I II Merman, John Meyer, I .eon l.arra bee, James Jackson and Kdwln F Smoii The chairman appointed the various committees and work has al ready started. The Mitchell 6 of 16 Is the Greatest Car Value the World has ever Known ONTARIO REAL ESTATE CO.. Agts. Presumably, however, the sun will continue to shine upon us unless It Is obscured by the clouds of war. Boys and girls competing In th.s project shall feed, care for and exhib it from ono to live lambs. Those who raise and exhibit more than one lamb will be given live points for each ad ditional lamb up to four. Those entering this project will be required to furnish a report giving the age of the lamb or lambs when taken by them and the date the pro ject was begun as well as a short sto ry of how they did the work. Most of the lambs will, no doubt, be "bums" or orphan lambs, Just what the children can secure. Some of them may be Merinos, some grade I.IiicoIiih, some llumpshlree etc , and will not necessarily Indicate the child ren's ability to select good liu consequently in Judging, emphasis will be placed upon the condition Talher than the iullty of tin- Iambi. This Is a county project only The same prises will be given that are glv-1 en In the other projects with the ex i option of the first prizes which .in fra trips to the state Fair and are awarded to the hoy and girl making the highest score In the projects out llitml by the Agricultural College. While the children are in school MM one else muy feed the lambs during school hours Work that muy take the children awu from home later on will not serve as an excuse for the help of others. following is the basis of award: Kxhibit: liest lamb for pur pose for which It is Intended ..40 Five points for each additional lamb up to four 20 Host Project Ituport 40 Overstocked with kalsomlne In or der to cut down will kalsomlne rooms from $1.75 up. Deputy KS N 4. 1313 Advertising Is like patriotism in war time It la Irn-slstuhle. and draws the people right Into your store. He patriotic, Mr Merchant, by being an advertiser. Land to rent 100 acres of alfal fa at Arcadia. 10 acres of alfalfa two miles west of Ontario, that we will rent, either on shares or for cash. 70 acres, two miles from Ontario, all ready to plant to grain. We will rent on shares Inquire of A W Trow im VILLAS MEN ARE HUNGRY and Almost Without Suppllts and Ammunition as Thsy Flss. t'asas (Jraiidcu. Vex.. b wireless to Columbus. N M Kranclaco Villa, the ' outlawed Mexican bandit, who Is flee Ing before American cavalrymen some where In the district between Natnl- ' qulpa and the foothills of the Sierra Tarehiumtrca. Is Increasing his band by force, according to army reports. The bandit chieftain seised 3S young men and hoys in Kl Valle, 66 miles south of here, and forced ihcni to Bs company his column. I'tmost haste Is being made In the ' flight toward the mountains, which Villa Is Hearing rapidly, neither men ' nor horses being spared. It Is known that he la attempting to reach a neigh borhood where be has ammunition cached In three places Spirit Lake Mill to Returns. Spirit Lake The saw mill of tho Panhandle Lumber company resumed operations Monday, giving employ, ment to about 100 men. Officers of the company have decided to ruu one I" hour shift for the first week, when th.v will start a night shift also This will give employment to about 160 nmre. as the planing mill, which Is now running days only, will also run nights The output of the mill Is ,., i. n, hi feet for each shift, but this Is not sufficient to fill the orders which have been accumulating during the winter. The opening of the mill has been delayed for several weeks ow ing to Ice in tbe lake. GERMAN RAIDER IS SUNK IN SEA DUEL Otntess Grain Elsvstor Proposed. Oeuesee The Farmers' Union Uindon The Oermsn raider Grelf, attempting to run the Ilrltlsh block ade or the North Sea. was sunk In bat tls by the Ilrltlsh cruiser Alcantara. The Alcantara also was sunk. Five Herman officers nnd 116 men out of a crew of 300 were rescued and taken prisoners by the Ilrltlsh The Alcantara lost five officers snd (9 men Ti.o Orelf was sunk by gunfire ami the Alcuntara by a torpedo according to tbe version of the Ilrltlsh admiralty The Herman admiralty says the Orelf was torpedoed, and then blew herself up. The two shlpa lay almost side by side, while the captain of (he Ilrltlsh steamer inquired by mi gaphone for particulars of the strange vessel, wlil.h hail the Norwegian colors paint ed on her sides, hut which flew no flag The Inquiries from the Alcantara were ... .. .... . . . . warehouse members met here and dU ,"""""" '" '" r" " Norwegian. "" cussed the handling of grain In tbe .' ""' SSSlSBi of the raider arous.ii the bulk system. Sacks are so scarce suspicions of the Ilrltlsh auxlllnry She and th. ,,r.,e will be so high that WM ow,,rlng a boat ti d a search mam of the farmers have mad m. '" Pf aboard when the (iermuns up thnlr minds to adopt the hulk system To do this they will be obliged to build small tauka on the farms for handling the grain while threshing re now two bulk elevators in Genesee and much talk of a third being built for this Pall's grain. opened fire. The at Hon Is described as one of the hottest of the war, running duels be la ein evenly matched frigates In the data before the time of Ironclads IDAHO LABOR ORGANIZES Minimum Wag and Workman's SSSSSSMM to Asks. Boise The Idaho Stats Pd(n of Labor waa organised, wbso anion delegates from all parts of i state assembled here c. o. Te national organiser, was present, delegates were addressed by Oora Alexander, who declared he ha4 i ways favored anything that would i the laboring man a chance speskers included Ernest nrtcki of Wallace, and A. W. Mulr, of tello. orriccra were elected as fo president. C F Caton, of liolse. tary treasurer, p H. Hpanisifc H.dse vice president, first ritstrkt. C. eatllne, Wallace, second 4k A Keel, liolse. third district, i II llrown. Pocatello Itesoliitlons were adopted fa tbe organization of local imloaitti counties, urging the legislator pass a workmen's compensatlca i minimum wage scale for wo reel leglslstlon, and an act an examination of steamfltten plumbers. The state was divided Into 4k The Jumping Prog Story. It wns In the Alussi c'aiup bar that Mark Twain heunl from an ex pilot cnneii Story. Ward, who urged him to write It, to bo Peons In the district through which '" 'uded In I ...ok that Ward was pub Single cycle auto engine and frame tubes at your nun pine li.puiv, Phone so N. 4. t be has passed recently say that bis men are ravenously hungry and are practically In a atate of starvation. Dead and dying horses discarded In tbe flight are found almost dally by iu troops. British Msks Raid on Airship Sheds. London (ionium torpedo boat Is missing slnn th. itlnst which followed the Ilrltlsh air raid on Halur day morning on H.i n aviation gflJ In northern S. I ! ig llolateln. I,,' (' be Jumping frog anordlng to an tifrUi.it C rmsii state Clemen- Minted It to Artcmils ! mcnl received hum l.v .. ,..!.... Ilerllll reported that three Ilrltlsh hydro aeroplanes were sh t down on and about the Island of Sylt during ihc raid, thu urews being taken prisoner. Is It because reports of casualties In Ocrniauy are so common that so Httt$ p.o.- i gtfsjsj to th.- story of Ambassador Uerurd breaking his col-lar-boue while skiing? 100 Grand Duke Nicholus may have visions of traveling over Alexander the Great route iu the other direction. Claude liingham and family have arrived rruni Ontario and taken up their home on their ranch, which Is 1... ..i.-d south of town, and will farm same this season llomedale Press. ll PHINCK VI.IIKHT IS If you are thinking of buying a car, see the Ontario Heal Kstate Co. They are agents for the Mitchell 6 of 16, the greatest car value the world bus ever known ejj Plana for the new American battle cruisera are said to he the heat on earth, and a.-, paper is steadily going up in price that is something Portland schools by tests of In Kdmuiid Myers show 45 pel cent elt! cienc.y. They are next to Cos v.,. .i... the iiiom npoaajra, aud his conclu-' t'Ull"UOUH ork ttml M"y Patented Pi I, ltei.pmin.lhle for Its liileiuuliomil Popularity Smokers so much annreciule the flavor and coolness and uroiuu of Prince Albert pipe and cigarette tobacco I hat they often marvel that una one brand could be so differ ent from all others. The answer to this quesiion to be found on the reverse side of every Prince Albert puck you will lead: "Process Patented July 30th, 1907." That tells the whole story. Prince Albert is made by a patented process that cuts out the bite and parch, which uml.. ft) mighty agreeable mid satisfying to men of every taste of every clvilued nutiou on the gh.he Smokers should realise that this patented, process cost three years aud a NO AMERICANS LOST ON STEAMER SUSSEX Pans The ministry ot murine, in an official statement, .1. . I.ned that the channel steamer .Sussex, which was suuk, was torpedoed, and esti mated the number of Mill ins at about $0. Twenty five of tbe passengers on board were Americans. Detailed information gathered by the American embassy here Indicates that uo American lives were lost on tbe channel steamer Sussex. All the Americans, whose names were ou the passenger list, have now been accounted for, tbe embassy states. It is possible, however, that there may have been among tbe pas sengers some Americans whose names were not I use rib. d Professor James Mark llaldwln and Mrs. Baldwin were saved, It is author itatively announced They are at Mi mereux. near Boulogne Miss h'llia beth lialdwiu, their daughter, was bad ly injured and is in a hospital at the same place. Joshua Dickinson Armitage, of New Tork, Is In a hospital at Dover, ac cording to a dispatch from there. He is badly injured. llshlng i i mens dallied uml sent It to the publishers too late, but they bund. I n ,.er to a dying paHT called the Saturday Tress, which gladly gave It pride of place lu Its columns on Nov. It, is.::, Professor Sldgwl.-k niiopsled II In Hi. el. form for Ills hook "Greek Prose C'omHslti..u," and thus arose the legend that the Jump Ing frog story original,-1 in am lent Greece, a legend lu which Clemens him self believed till Professor Nldgwl.k undeceived him In IHtXl by telling htm that the Greek version wns merely a translation of Clemens' owu work. High Water Msnaeea UgMa Harrison That the sleetrls Ing system of Harrison msy U i lously affected by tbe high asserted by Grant Klmmel. of the Harrison l.leiirh I. pany. The water Is now nearly sjl the mark which a few yean sbji quired tbe removal of the pi chlnery to higher ground. Hrown. owner of the Harrison mill, said that unless the wi sides he will bo compelled to i plant Americans Are 250 Milts Into Mexico. San Antonio, Tex. Francisco Villa has escaped from the Mexican troops thai had checked him nuar Nainl.julpa and three columns of American cam I ry are pursulug him. Th. Amurlian troops are almost 260 miles south ,.t the border This Information was con lalned lu a detailed report by General Pershing that reached General Fun ston here. Army Will Probe Aviation Washington -An army Ins Hon of Senator llobliison'a that Lieutenant Colonel Itrbs of the aviation service, hail b di i ting the aero corps In an em manner, has been ordered fey I war department Democratic National Secrstsry Washington Thomas J retary of the democratic natlet who had been III for months as a result of pneu at his home here. d slou is, too mauy fads and fancies and not enough eleiueutals Seven out of a class of 31 did not know what state the Hudson river was iu, aud the class average in geography was 34 6 per cent out of a possible 100. As a sample of socialistic ser vice under public ownership the pub lic schools make a poor showing Seed Potatoes for sale Hurals and Netted Gems ("has. Boiden, oue mile west of fair grouuds. Ontario. 2t To introduce your choice of wail paper at 26 per cent discount, Frank lin's Second Haud Store. I3t3 luiiuue in money to perfect Hut the result bus proven to be worth all that wus expended upon it, be ause it lias set free men who ht-lu-w -.1 they never could enjoy a pipe or a iiiakin'.s cigarette. Prince Albert mukes is possible for every man to smoke a pipe or to roll his owu cigarette. Aud no mat ter how tender the tongue, Prince Albert cannot bite or parch. That is cut out by the patented process, leav ing for the smoker ouly the Joys of the fragrant tobacco. It la a fact that since Prince Albert "arrive.! " li.u i . , , Jwol a.ioill six vi'urd uv,. Army Bars Bald Hsads. Chicago. llaldheaded men are not wanted in the pursuit of Villa. It la warm along the border and they might become affected by the beat. Ho an nounced Lieutenant Kenney in refus ing to enlist Stanley Twooney of Syracuse. California Hopmin Pulling Vlnts. Sacramento - Discouraged by a long succession of years of low prices and by threatened embargo on hops by iCugland, mauy hopgrowers of the Sac ramento valley are either pulling up a portion or their hop vines or ser iously considering such action. 100 Yards of German Trenchse Blown. Berlin, via London. More than 100 yards of Qerman trenches near St VI.. W.. i ft.a . .. . . ..... D14 .rears ago, I c'"1 "c oeeu uiown up Dy tbe brlt- i ... mane tiiree men smoke pipes I ''' Herman army headquarter an where one smoked a pipe before. nounoed. I Originality Appeals to all good Business men Qriginality in printing will always attract the eye of the particular customer we aim to please the most fastidious when printing stationery, cir culars, booklets and all work required by the business man ONTARIO ARGUS PRINTERY 'U I lleie b ii 0u i i .t. H ks I, to s iii-Iii F ' ' liilry ad ..I Hid I Ms l. sillu, Ullh, lliceli, Iron liar II Meet f0l Hi ItOliUul Wtin . 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